Louis FBI office, said any company that hired freelance IT workers 'more than likely' hired someone participating in the scheme. Jay Greenberg, special agent in charge of the St. Louis.įederal authorities announced the seizure of $1.5 million and 17 domain names as part of the investigation, which is ongoing. The money they earned was funneled to the North Korean weapons program, FBI leaders said at a news conference in St. Louis and elsewhere in the US have been using false identities to get the jobs. The Justice Department said Wednesday that IT workers dispatched and contracted by North Korea to work remotely with companies in St. Thousands of information technology workers contracting with US companies have for years secretly sent millions of dollars of their wages to North Korea for use in its ballistic missile program, FBI and Department of Justice officials said. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.